Children’s / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration

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Have you ever tried to invent something?

How does water from a river turn into a raindrop?

In 1493, Juan Ponce de Leon joined Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.

In 1504, Hernan Cortes left Spain for the Caribbean.

In 1607, Henry Hudson set sail in search of the Northwest Passage.

In 1540, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado marched from northern Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, reputed to hold great treasures.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India.

In 1666, Sieur de La Salle left France and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to New France, a colony in present-day Canada.

In August 2011, an expedition in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia uncovered a long-forgotten section of the Great Wall of China.

Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

Five thousand years ago, someone (or a lot of someones) shaped and assembled a group of 25-ton rocks in southwest England.

Two thousand years ago, disaster struck the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

In 1911 an American explorer came across an ancient city hidden high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

On Easter in 1722, a fleet of Dutch ships exploring the southeastern Pacific Ocean came across a small island that at first seemed uninhabited.

Make a robot from a toothbrush, send Morse code messages by telegraph, and create your own lightning!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

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¿Sabías que las medusas pican a sus presas?

¿Qué es eso deslizándose por el agua?

Las estrellas de mar podrían parecerse a decoraciones, pero en realidad son peces!

¡Estar atento!

¿Qué es eso que oculta la anémona de mar?

Los delfínes son conocidos por ser juguetónes intelligentes—que más podemos aprender sobre ellos?

The ocean is the largest biome on Earth.

There are lakes in each biome on the planet.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about starfish.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about sharks.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about rays.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about jellyfish.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about dolphins.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about clown fish.

¿Qué es eso que oculta la anémona de mar?

Los delfínes son conocidos por ser juguetónes intelligentes—que más podemos aprender sobre ellos?

¿Sabías que las medusas pican a sus presas?

¿Qué es eso deslizándose por el agua?

¡Estar atento!

Las estrellas de mar podrían parecerse a decoraciones, pero en realidad son peces!

Did you know that electric current can be controlled?

Have you ever seen lights turn on automatically when you step into a room?

Have you ever wondered how the lights in your alarm clock work?